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Hampton, Franklin, IA
Hampton was founded in 1855 when Job Garner and George Ryan, first settlers in the community, chose this spot to build their log cabin homes. Garner and Ryan platted the original town boundaries.
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- 1895 - Hampton
Hampton, a post-village, capital of Franklin co., Iowa, 29 miles by rail S. of Mason City, and 32 miles N. of Eldora. It contains a court-house, 3 ban...Read MORE... 
Reeve Street
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Hampton, a banking city, capital of Franklin co., Iowa, 29 miles S. of Mason City, on the Iowa Central and the Chicago Great-Western Rs. It has import...Read MORE... 
Lutheran Hospital
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Hotel Coonley
"John Coonley, who was born in Wisconsin in 1864 to a prosperous dairy family, struck out on his own, armed with only a sixth grade education and a good work ethic. He started a black smith shop in Bristow, Iowa and was very... Read MORE...
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Reeve Street
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Hampton, Iowa, USA
Lutheran Hospital
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Hampton, Iowa, USA
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"John Coonley, who was born in Wisconsin in 1864 to a prosperous dairy family, struck out on his own, armed with only a sixth grade education and a good work ethic. He started a black smith shop in Bristow, Iowa and was very successful. John noted the need for grocery stores and opened one in Bristow, two in Hampton, one in Alexander and two in Oelwein.
Then on February 05, 1919,the announcement was made that North American Hotel Company of Omaha, Nebraska was building the Coonley Hotel in Hampton, Iowa for John Coonley on the quarter block where he normally kept his running horses. The builders had also started work on six or seven other hotels in Iowa, spread themselves too thin and went bankrupt, they completed only one hotel, the Coonley Hotel..."
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Hotel Coonley
"John Coonley, who was born in Wisconsin in 1864 to a prosperous dairy family, struck out on his own, armed with only a sixth grade education and a good work ethic. He started a black smith shop in Bristow, Iowa and was very... Read MORE...
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1895 - Hampton
Hampton, a post-village, capital of Franklin co., Iowa, 29 miles by rail S. of Mason City, and 32 miles N. of Eldora. It contains a court-house, 3... Read MORE...
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Hampton, a banking city, capital of Franklin co., Iowa, 29 miles S. of Mason City, on the Iowa Central and the Chicago Great-Western Rs. It has... Read MORE...
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